Mac seemed like he was in his Marine mode. There was definitely something up. The whole NYPD was in a conference-like room. Mac was standing in front of them with charts and a laptop on a table. Stella Bonasera stood beside him. She looked agitated but she was trying to hide it. Lindsay didn't like the look of this.

"Thank you for coming" Mac's voice silenced the whole room. He scanned the faces before him. He saw Lindsay and fixed his eyes on her.

Lindsay definitely didn't like this.

"This morning the FBI received an anonymous phone call from a man who introduced himself only as Veritas. He said that he was the leader of a rebel group who has proof that the 9-11 attacks were perpetrated by the Republican government." Mac narrated.

There were murmurs in the room. Everyone exchanged worried looks.

"His group claims to have hi-jacked a plane en route to New York City" Mac continued "THE FBI then alerted the airlines carrying the said plane and they said that they lost communication with the plane since it took off this morning."

Mac turned to Stella. The murmurs got louder.

"Quiet please" Stella said in her booming, yet feminine voice. "The FBI has cautioned us to keep this information to ourselves. They had debated whether to even inform us about this but given the personalities involved, they had to put the NYPD in the loop"

A police officer raised his hand. "Have we confirmed any of this?"

"As of now, nothing is definite" Mac answered. "But loss of communication, and the flight was supposed to arrive in 30 minutes, gives us enough doubt as to the plane's safety. Air traffic control places the plane 1000 km from its destination. The plane is nowhere near New York City".

"Have they made any threats? Demands?" another police officer asked.

"No demands. Just the opportunity to be heard" Stella answered. "As for threats" she paused. "They claim to have 100 lbs worth of C4 on the plane which they will detonate by midnight today".

The murmurs have now become stifled screams and swearing.

"Who's on the plane?" Lindsay asked, trying to get her small voice heard.

Mac looked at her, not knowing what to say. He looked at Stella. Stella just sat on the chair by the table.

"The plane is transporting 150 uniformed men, from the Marines, the Navy, the Army, FBI agents, and the NYPD" Mac paused. "As you know, there was a 9-11 convention in LA last week and our colleagues Detective Don Flack and Detective Danny Messer were sent there as representatives" Mac continued.

Lindsay looked like she was going to faint. She held on Hawkes' arm.

"The plane that was hijacked is Flight 454."

Lindsay turned to Hawkes. "Danny's plane" she said in a whisper.